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One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

31 reviews

gailsage_thomps's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Suicide, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Bullying, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Sexual content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexism

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

How is it that five students walk into detention, but only four make it out alive? That's what Bayview Police are trying to find out after one of five students in detention suffers what investigators are calling a non-accidental death.

After Simon Kelleher dies in detention with only Bronwyn, Addy, Cooper, and Nate present, the four students are totally shaken, and all of them insist that they didn't do it - but the police are convinced that it had to be one of them. That is until the killer starts sending cryptic messages via a Tumblr post. Now, the four unlikely comrades must band together to prove their innocence before one of them is pinned with murder.

This multiple POV story was quick-paced and kept me guessing all the way through. The characters were quirky and definitely had flaws, yet they were still likeable. The high school setting was realistic as well. There were lots of twists in this book, and while I did figure out the killer a little bit ahead of time, I still enjoyed reading about their motives through the end of the story. I had a hard time putting this book down, and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good YA mystery/thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Homophobia, Sexism, Cursing, Addiction, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness and Sexual content

annanotherbook_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

creepypiespice's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Racism, and Pregnancy

eddine's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

JUST finished this tday

it was an okay book. probs a good beginner for murder/mystery books

the way i was just rooting for bronwyn and nate at the beginning😌✊🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, and Mental illness

witcheslovingwitches's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexism

erica_noelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Cancer, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Mass/school shootings

gaylien420's review against another edition

mysterious

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

Oh boy, this was a quick, but dissappointing read. The way mental illness and suicide is handled in this book is beyond bad. Take almost everything problematic from "13 reasons why" and mix it with a breakfast club type cast and you got this book. Sad to see that authors still handle triggering topics like suicide in such awful, careless ways. Extremely graphic and triggering. On top of that, the ending and reveal were rather unsatisfying.
2.5 stars and those are purely for my love for Nate's character. 

Here's my entire list of content warnings:
- sexism, slut-shaming, bullying, homophobia
- drugs, addiction 
- discussions of cancer
- suicide discussed (detailed), extremely triggering; ableism, saneism, demonizing mental illnesses
- parental neglect
- possible misgendering
- school shootings discussed 
- controlling boyfriends
- forced coming out as LGBTQ+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

agoldendear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book wasn't exactly what I expected--I was thinking it would be more mystery-heavy. Not that it didn't involve people trying to solve a murder case, but it was much more focused on the personal lives and character development of the book's main characters than I was hoping for. That was a little disappointing, but I still ended up liking the book for the most part. The main characters had depth, and I didn't hate anyone aside from the characters I was supposed to hate. Overall, this wasn't my favorite mystery I've ever read, but I did end up enjoying it for the most part.

Parts that did annoy me (a bit more spoilery, so I'm sticking them all in a spoiler warning):

1. This book basically portrays the police as useless--they can't find any evidence except for incredibly shaky stuff and generally seem pretty incompetent. Of course, I know that police aren't perfect in real life (or even good a lot of the time) but they should be able to conduct an investigation better than a bunch of teenagers in a fictional setting. They literally put someone in jail due to a bit of falsified evidence that these teenagers rightfully point out as being incredibly suspicious. I feel like this is a common thing in teenage-focused mystery novels.
2. Man, those teenagers were horny. They were often either making out with someone or thinking about making out with someone. I mean, that's probably realistic to teenagers, I guess? Not that it took away from the rest of the plot, it's just not something I am particularly interested in, so take my frustration with a grain of salt. I did like the main relationship in the book, though. Those two were fun together.
3. I did not like the breakup at the end. To clarify--I understood why Nate wanted to do it, but it was frustrating because it felt tacked onto the end of the book and he was tuning out everyone who was trying to be on his side. And then we don't get to see any of his perspective from the time he broke up with her to the time when they got back together, so I'm not sure why he decided to fix things. He just got convinced to do it...somehow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Car accident, Addiction, Drug use, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit and Transphobia

megan_deathe's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Really fun read! The ending was predictable but the characters were enjoyable to read about, so if you enjoy character development then this may be a good book for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship